Peter Askovich's round-the-world flight in a Cessna 182
Peter Askovich designed a vast Flight Simulator 2004 circumnavigation: 136 core legs, 27 optional legs and more than 60 countries visited or overflown. This refit turns it into a clear preparation page rather than an intimidating route block.
The Cessna 182 makes the world tour a patient adventure. Think endurance, weather, borders, fuel and logbook.
A complete circumnavigation designed for Flight Simulator.
Learn through continents, climates and distances.
A simple, enduring and credible aircraft for a long campaign.
It must be split into regions.
Understanding the flight
This route is a moving atlas. It turns the simulator into a geography tool: Americas, North Atlantic, Europe, Africa, Middle East, Asia, Oceania and North Pacific.
The point is not speed, but building a long memory of travel.
Before departure
- Create a logbook by continent with dates, weather and incidents.
- Keep one aircraft to preserve continuity.
- Prepare oceanic and polar legs with extra fuel and alternates.
- Never start a leg without selecting the next stop and a fallback option.
Suggested route
North America, Mexico and South America
The western U.S. departure heads through Mexico, Central America and the Pacific side of South America before Antarctica.
KSLC → KTUS → MMLP → MMGL → MMAA → MMZH → MGGT → MNMG → MPTO → SKCL → SEGU → SPRU → SPQU → SCFA → SCEL → SCVD → SAVC → SCCI → SAWB → SCRM
South Atlantic, Brazil and Caribbean
The route climbs back through the Falklands, Argentina, Brazil, Amazonia, Suriname, Venezuela, Colombia and Central America.
SCRM → SFAL → SAVT → SAEZ → SUMU → SBPA → SBGL → SBSP → SBBR → SBEG → SBSN → SMZO → SYCJ → SVCB → SVMP → SKBQ → MROC
North America, Greenland and Europe
The northern return crosses Canada, Newfoundland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and the British Isles before France and Spain.
MROC → MMMD → KMSY → KTYS → CYYZ → CYUL → CYHZ → CYYT → CYCA → CYFB → BGMQ → BGKK → BIRK → ENSB → ENTC → ENGM → EGKK → EIDW → LFPO → LEMD
Africa
Morocco, Sahara, West Africa, Congo, Angola, Namibia, South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar and East Africa form the large African arc.
LEMD → GMMC → GMAD → GCLA → GQNN → GOOY → GABS → DFFD → DBBB → DXXX → FKYS → FZAA → FNLU → FYWH → FAAB → FACT → FQIN → FMST → FMNM → HKRE → HUEN
Middle East, Eastern Europe and Central Asia
The Cessna reaches the Nile, Mediterranean, Balkans, Central Europe, Russia and Central Asia.
HUEN → HSSS → HESN → HECA → LGAV → LIRF → LYBE → EDTF → LSZB → EKCH → UUWW → EFHK → ULMM → UUYY → UNOO → UNKL → ZWWW → UAAA → UTDD
India, Southeast Asia and Oceania
India, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, Papua, Philippines and Taiwan provide a sequence of climates and islands.
UTDD → VIDP → VECC → VYYY → VTBD → WMKK → WIII → WSRJ → WRRR → YPDN → YBAS → YPAD → YMHB → YSSY → YBBN → YBCS → AYPY → WAJJ → WAPP → WAMM → RPMD → RPLL → RCTP
China, Japan, North Pacific and return
The final section heads toward Shanghai, Japan, the Russian Far East, Alaska, British Columbia, Seattle and Montana.
RCTP → ZSPD → RJFF → RJAA → UHWW → UHSS → UHPP → UHMM → UHMA → PANC → PAJN → CYZT → KSEA → KMSO
Experience tips
Do not rush the finish. The value lies in duration, the logbook and contrasts between regions.
To avoid fatigue, make a continent or large region the goal of each session.
Copyright Michel Lagneau 2009